Quote Originally Posted by rickytimothy View Post
Despite the fact that I was essentially just torturing this razor for fun, if there's any useful observations that could be made here so I don't repeat these mistakes in a real scenario, please point them out.
I think you could have left the toe alone & there was no need to grind away on the tang & stabiiiser as that part of the razor shouldn't touch the stones anyway. Possibly you could have just curved in a bit deeper bringing the heel further forward.
You may have been able to correct that slight frown in the honing process. Don't think a belt sander was necessary.
Just accept that you won't get an edge all the way to the heel with something so worn..

If you start your sharpening at about 45º & gradually lower it you'll save some spine metal.